Tomorrow Heavy Like Stone

[Scene - Dede - young female soprano, 18, airy, innocent, guarding] Don't touch, don't touch, this jar that breathes, Father says Tomorrow heavy like stone. [Anansi - male tenor, suddenly very polite, cheeks puffed, muffled voice] Little sister Dede, your father sent me! Such dust! Such dust on his pretty jar! I won't touch, I only dust! See, I hold my breath! [Dede - giggling soprano] You look like frog, Anansi! [Anansi - whisper, cunning, still puffed] Just lift it down, I show you light it is... [Instrumental - jar rattling, white cloth dancer Tomorrow struggling inside, tension rising] [Both - Dede surprised, Anansi panicking] Dede: It's shaking! Anansi: It's... pffff...